Depth and Complexity Novel Study for Where the Red Fern Grows
5.0 (192 reviews)Reading and Responding to Where the Red Fern Grows with Depth and Complexity! Bring your students’ thinking and discussion to a whole new level while reading Wilson Rawls’s Where the Red Fern Grows. This critical thinking companion resource is designed to “dig deeper” when compared to traditional…
- Grade
- Grade 5
- Subject
- Reading
- Pages
- 24
- Answer key
- Not Included
- Teaching duration
- 4 Weeks
- Digital download
Description
Reading and Responding to Where the Red Fern Grows with Depth and Complexity!
Bring your students’ thinking and discussion to a whole new level while reading Wilson Rawls’s Where the Red Fern Grows. This critical thinking companion resource is designed to “dig deeper” when compared to traditional novel worksheets available. Each chapter has a unique graphic organizer that contains 4 critical thinking questions questions and 1 related “Core Question”. All questions within the graphic organizers are open-ended, can be answered in multiple ways, and encourage textual support from the book.
This teaching tool can be applied in multiple ways…
*”Expert Group” Sharing
*”Jig Saw” Activity
*Whole-Class “Shared Reading”
*”Think-Pair-Shares”
*”Literature Circle” Activity
*Writing Prompts
*Assessments
➡FREE Depth and Complexity Posters
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IMPORTANT: This resource has recently been reformatted. Please read through the product description carefully and download the preview to see exactly what is included.
This resource was created based on the Depth and Complexity framework, which was developed by Dr. Sandra Kaplan under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Research and Improvement: 1996
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Perfect for GATE students
Awesome! Can't wait to use it- great job!
Thank you!
Questions & Answers (5)
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Do you have a bundle of Depth and Complexity novel studies?
Thank you for your interest! No, we do not have a bundle with these. We were able to automate the build-your-own-bundle process in our off-site store if you’d like to receive a discount on multiple novel study units, you can visit https://teacherthrive.com/byob
Hello, have vocab words been organized in the order they're found in the book??
Hi Lucy. This resource does not include vocabulary instruction.
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Do these have example answer keys included?
Hi Jessica. No, example answers are not provided. These questions are designed to be answered and supported in multiple ways.
I'm having problems downloading.
Oh no! Haven't encountered this problem before.. Can you email me and I will reply right away with the file attached? GotToTeach [at] icloud [dot] com.




